Archivists Quote by Mary Schmich Download Open image “Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.” — Mary Schmich ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Archivists Friendship True friend True friend is
“I think you’re more an archivist than a librarian,” he said. He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are unsentimental. They’re pragmatic, concerned with the newest, cleanest, most popular books. Archivists, on the other hand, are only peripherally interested in what other people like, and much prefer the rare to the useful. ”They like everything,”… — Avi Steinberg Copy Share
“Archivists were passionate people, some of whom dedicated their whole lives to the pursuit of unbiased truth. Given the wealth of information that needed sorting through, professional archivists relied heavily upon volunteers to help keep public files current. Rosemary had always imagined them like guardians from some fantasy vid, defending the galaxy from inaccuracies and questionable data. ‘What” — Becky Chambers Copy Share
Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past. — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
“He told me that archivists and librarians were opposite personas. True librarians are unsentimental. They're pragmatic, concerned with the newest, cleanest, most popular books.… — Avi Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Would I be an Archivist then?” I asked. “No,” she said. “You’d be a trader.” For a moment, I thought she said traitor, which… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with. The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of friendship with… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“The history that one can create with a friend, a lifetime of history and shared experience, is a wonderful thing and shabbily sacrificed. And… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
The biographer has two lives: The one she leads, and the one she ultimately understands. — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“I look forward to seeing more of this author's writings. Linda Strong” — Vicki M. Taylor Copy Share Image
“A good deal of time spent researching this book might well have been wasted and valuable opportunities missed if it had not been for… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in… — Allen Weinstein Copy Share Image
“A historian who works for a bank: That’s not the most likely background for someone who capers around the cosmos having adventures, is it?” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm. — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same. — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
“My work is whatever I want it to be, and I report to no one regularly. The head librarian -- the man in charge… — Martha Cooley Copy Share Image
The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person,… — Allen Weinstein Copy Share Image
Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past. — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically.… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people;… — Margaret Stohl Copy Share Image
Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the… — Allen Weinstein Copy Share Image
“A good deal of time spent researching this book might well have been wasted and valuable opportunities missed if it had not been for… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Do not become archivists of facts. Try to penetrate to the secret of their occurrence, persistently search for the laws which govern them. — Ivan Pavlov Copy Share Image
Archiving is extremely expensive and time consuming. I'm sure an archivist would tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's an industry that's built upon… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in… — Allen Weinstein Copy Share Image
“What can I say, I'm a sucker for abandoned stuff, misplaced stuff, forgotten stuff, any old stuff which despite the light of progress and… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
